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Declarations and Scrutiny

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Presentation to the Church trustees

| confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2020 were/will be* presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on .................

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the

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Responsibilities and basis of report

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| report in respect of my examination of the Church's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

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Basis of Independent Examiner's Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion Is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent Examiner’s Statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention (other than that disclosed below’):

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(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act;
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* to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting
requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
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(3) | have/have not" obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes ("TMCP") or held in other Trusts, Bank balances and Funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church ("CFB"), which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at the balance sheet date.

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CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS

EDMONTON METHODIST CHURCH

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED

31 August 2020 Peeeitt forest sna Registered Charity - Charity Registration number 1127395

lf not a registered charity Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

Gift Aid number

(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)

Minister:

REV'D VALENTIN DEDJI

Church Stewards:

JESSIE DOWUONA

JOSEPH OWUSU

Treasurer:

ROSALIND RUTTY

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||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |ACCOUNTS|FOR THE|YEAR|ENDED|31|AUGUST|2020|EDMONTON|Church| |METHODIST|CHURCH| |eeuSECTION A|UnrestrictedFunds|RestrictedFunds|;|Totalsyear this|Totalsearlast| |x1|[RECEIPTS|ee|| ee| |a2||Offerings|and|Tax recovered|po|85,419|pie|||85,419|93,168| |a3|{InvestmentBank and CFBincome interest and|411|er]|263| |safuetingsCECd|Sten}||||t5,789|16,626| |35|Otherreceipts|TC|561]|1,031|1,592|23,901| |Other|Funds|27.400|27,400| |36|[TOTAL RECEIPTS|fs|t02,a80]|—28,434]||130,614]|(a7) || |SECTION|B| |o1||/PAYMENTS| |92 |Circuit Assessment or Share|fF|65,000|||65,000|98,174| |33|DonationsTCT| |4 [Repairs and Maintenance|S| S| StS||3,034|3,561| |95|{heating|&|lighting|4,504|5,477| |0sO|| re| |ot|otherpayments||18,085|18,045|23,529| |Other|Funds/Benovelent/Feed|hungry|1,567| |58|[TOTAL PAYMENTS|fF|87,549] 5,198]|92,747]|(b9) |]|130,744| |SECTION|C| |cl||THE YEAR|a6-b8|14,631|23,233|37,864|3,217| |gt er|31,791||__38,089|69,880|77,970| |c3||Sub total|citc2|||61,322|107,744|81,187| |46,422| |cA||Transfers and|adjustments|1,907Fo|1,907| |25|[TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR|(c3+c4)|48,329| 61,322|]|109,651]|(c8)|}|69,880} (cé)||

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EDMONTON METHODIST CHURCH Church
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s URCH ACC D RGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNC} SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page

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Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2020 and Intemai Organisations recortng to tne Church Counci’Cnurch Meeting. Note that the funds of an
Interal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds uniess it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed
to arrive at the gross income and expendiure totals of the Church. if gross income exceeds ine Acwuals resold, then the Accruals method of accounting ANDA
DIFFERENT FORM must be used fo report the accounts (see Methodist website) Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected
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39 |totals column) 130,611] (a7) 92,747 |(b9) 37,864 1,907 (c7) | 69,880} (c6) 109,651
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD
310 |BY CHURCH 96,165 37,371 1,907 84,279] (x) 123,557
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

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OPENING CLOSING
CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2020 BALANCES BALANCES
2 |Bank Current Account | eee § 25.485
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OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES
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LESS intemal organisation 1,822.00 25,484.97

Adjustment on standard accounts

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less adjustment for unpresented cheques from 2019 written back

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Edmonton Methodist Church Annual Report for Year Ended 31 August 2020

We are a diverse community of people originating from many different countries. The annual statistical return in October 2019 showed that we had 304 members. There are 800 people on the church’s community roll.

We have come together in response to our Christian calling. We strongly believe that our unity in Jesus Christ is a powerful Christian testimony as we endeavour to serve the present age. Thus, we are committed to contributing to the wellbeing of each other through the following mission statement:

Our Mission Statement

Affirming our calling to ‘serve the present age’ through our faith and discipleship in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour, through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Be an inclusive community that cherishes the diversity of talents, culture, race, age and gender. We seek to work in partnership with other churches through existing or new ecumenical mission agencies in our local area.

Learn to give special attention to the spiritual, social and moral well-being of all who are part of our church according to their need and circumstances.

Enable our members to advance issues of God’s mission, through social justice and peace, while advocating policies that protect the environment.

Our Vision

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Our Planned Future Community-Oriented Projects

It is our strong expectation that, the rebuilding of our church will enable us to be more practical in carrying out our motto: ‘Serving God’s people in the Community and in the Church’. Consequently, after some in-depth consultations in our local community, the following activities and community projects will be our immediate objectives:

Aims and Purposes

Edmonton Methodist Church Council has authority and oversight of the Church, including the management of its property and finance and, crucially, its pastoral care of members and friends. Its responsibilities include the setting of our aims and objectives and governance including finance, property and health and safety.

Our Primary Purposes are:

  1. The provision of regular public acts of worship open to members of the church and nonmembers alike.

  2. The provision of sacred space (a building) for prayer and contemplation.

  3. The teaching of Christian doctrine, principles and practices through sermons, courses and small groups.

  4. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereaved.

Objectives and Activities

The Church Council is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our church community.

When planning our activities for the year, the Church Council has considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our Church through:

Worship and prayer: that is thoughtful, relevant to the situations both of those who attend and of the wider world, rooted in the goodness of God.

Nurture and learning: developing understanding of the gospel and knowledge and trust in Jesus.

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Service: providing hospitality to community groups, running groups that are of benefit to the wider community, children’s and youth work, taking an active interest in the affairs of that community.

Evangelism: promoting the Good News of God in Christ Jesus and encouraging others to consider the way of discipleship alongside Interfaith dialogue.

To facilitate this work it is important that we maintain the fabric of the church buildings and the funds to enable us to do so. We also adhere to and regularly review the Methodist Church’s Safeguarding Policy including Safer Recruitment.

Achievements and Performance

Worship and prayer

Our Sunday morning worship is the principal gatheringwith average weekly attendance of 152 adults and 28 young people and children. The 10:45am service has one Holy Communion, one all-age worship and two or three preaching services most months that enable people to worship God and follow Jesus, ona cycle ofall age worship and more traditional worship too. Again, it has been good to welcome new people in the course of the last year, both those who remain as part of our congregation and those who, new to the area, are seeking out a Christian home.

Our 6:30pm service is valued as an opportunity for quieter and more reflective worship. This evening attendance varies.

In addition to the Sunday services there are occasional, festival and other mid-week services particularly in Lent/Holy Week.

As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life. During 2019/20, we hosted 2 marriage blessings, 2 funerals, 12 baptisms, 10 confirmations and welcomed 11 new members.

Baptism Ministry

The Baptism Ministry team continues to carry out its duties. It involves: getting to know the () prospective families; arranging for the necessary forms to be filled in; confirming dates with our minister, Revd. Valentin Dedji, and arranging a meeting between the family and Revd.Dedji, in the church vestry or at their home.

During Baptism a candle is lit and the following words are said, “Receive this light for you belong to Christ. Christ is your light and your way. As light is essential to all life and growth, so is Christ to the whole world”. A Bible and certificate are handed to the parents.

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Nurture and Learning

Our Tuesday evening Bible Study is still thriving. During Lent, the worship/study group and the Wednesday morning Oasis Fellowship used the same materials for this part of the year.

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Our Brownie Unit and Guides unit enjoyed another busy and varied year of activities and the Boys’ Brigade Company continues to be a regular part of the church’s life althoughmany of them worship on a Sunday at other churches.

Youth

Our youth continue to make significant contribution to FUSION, formally known as the Young Adult Group (YAG) with the group meeting every last Sunday of the month in our church. This group of young people are growing in knowledge and are eager to develop their personal Christian lives as well as wanting to know how to contribute to their community.

Generation of Disciples (G.O.D), aimed at young adults between the ages of 18 and 30 years meet fortnightly to discuss various themes and topics that impact them as young adults from a biblical perspective. To promote leadership within the group, members of G.O.D. take it in turns to lead on topics.

The vision of this group is as follows:

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Mission Statement: ‘Follow Christ not people; ° . ° Growing in faith, led by God’

Fellowship Groups

We have a number of different Fellowship Groups including: Ghanaian Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship, Oasis Fellowship (coffee morning), Men’s Fellowship and Wesley Tours.

Edmonton Methodist Church Ghanaian Fellowship (GMF)

The Peace of the Lord be with you!

We thank God for his faithfulness and provision in bringing us to the end of another successful year.

Aims and Objectives

The aims and objectives for the fellowship continues be the same with welfare purposes being the core objective of the fellowship.

Governance and Management:

The fellowship continues to be run and managed by a team of Executive members led by Mr George Noi-Lartey (Chairman). The team of executive members were elected or appointed as per the GMF constitution. We are encouraged by the response of our members to some changes to foster love and togetherness, self-development through learning and most importantly the call to be more active in the work of the church.

Meetings

There were no changes to our meeting days. Executive meetings continue to be held every second Sunday of the month general meetings on every third Sunday of the month after Church service.

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Growth in Membership

The fellowship continued to grow in the last year. New members joined us bringing our regular members to over 60. No members left the fellowship during the year.

Bring and Share

The fellowship continued to organise quarterly “Bring and Share” as per the constitution. The aim is to promote socialisation in the fellowship.

Ghana Independence Day Celebration

The fellowship celebrated Independence Day. Members participated in Bible reading. There was a special offertory (men vs women) as we do in Ghana to raise funds for the new church building.

Lectures

As part of our Education and development plan, EGMF organised lectures in Mental Health and Personal Insurance. The aim is to promote the health and wellbeing amongst members and to inform them of social issues and what support is available to people. Most of these lectures were held in our Ghanaian language to reinforce understanding among all members

Electronic Records

We continue to keep electronic records for all GMF information.

Church Cleaning

GMF lead the organisation of the church deep cleaning, during which members deep cleaned the entire church as done every year.

Church Activities

GMF remained committed to the Church by participating in all church activities.

Welfare

As a welfare organisation, the fellowship continued its support to members through bereavement, sickness, birthday celebrations, christenings, marriage ceremonies, births and others in the Ghanaian way.

End of Year Accounts

The annual end of year accounts was presented to members and a copy given to every members of the fellowship.

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Other

We had a successful year to the glory of God. We pray that the current year will even be better as we continue to make changes in the fellowship and also to forge ahead to participate in more activities in Edmonton Methodist Church and raise more funds for the New Church building.

Oasis Fellowship

We thank God that our OASIS group has continued to be mightily blessed as we meet every Wednesday of the year (except one!) to share coffee and fellowship. Our numbers vary, but there are usually 15-20 people, and sometimes more.

As a caring and supportive group, we seek to reach out and welcome everyone whether they attend our church or not. As well as enjoying having guest speakers, we also share times of devotion together encouraging our members to take part in leading these. On a lighter note, we also find much to laugh about together!

As in previous years, we have been pleased to be able to send donations to various charities, locally, nationally and abroad.

Women’s Fellowship

Wesley Tours

Wesley Tours is an outreach to all churches in the community. There were no trips this year.

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Music Report

“Speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord”. Ephesians 5:19

God created us to be instruments with the ability to sing and make music. Music is an important part of our worship and praise to God at Edmonton, so it only seems that | should report how good and wonderful God has been towards us as a church that has blessed with everyone coming together for the Kingdom of God. Rejoicing in the sound of music through this word and prayers.

Our Edmonton Music Ministry is one of the most vital ministries in our church and we all should be viewed it as a sacred office. The Choir Ministry and the Worship Team Ministry are still discovering their calling and it all begins with a desire be used by God to impact the church and the wider community.

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We thanked God for the faithful members in our Choir. And | thanked God for Nora who is faithfully committed to the church in her playing of the piano.

The Men’s Fellowship continue to bless us with their singing as a Men’s Choir.

We thank God for the technicians, this is a serious undertaking, and a high calling. They are there every Sunday to make sure that our services are run smoothly. This department of the ministry has to make massive decisions every week that has a huge impact on our services.

Therefore, “We can love Him because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19).

We as a Music Ministry together with our minister Rev Dr Dedji of Edmonton working together with an attitude of Praise unto God in the work we do. We all truly encounter the almighty living God in all His majesty, power, holiness and glory — our response is reverence, humility, and honor.

The hymns we sing reminds us that by ourselves we cannot continue the saving mission of Jesus. It is the Spirit. And so we continue to asked the Holy Spirit to use us as we continue to do His work in this ministry.

Service

The church buildings remain extensively used by the local community. We make our space available to let to a number of different groups including MIND, Bible College and Ghanaian Community. We continue to provide food for the local food bank. Caring for those in need has long been a way Methodists express and commend their faith. During the course of the year, collection for our Benevolent Fund was used to maintain our support for Action for Children, Methodist Homes, Christian Aid, and Methodist Womenin Britain as well as

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emergency appeals. It is good that these efforts on behalf of others can be combined with opportunities for fellowship and indicates the breadth of our concern for God’s world.

A Bursary Fund for up to £500 has been agreed by the Church Council toassist our youth and students who are looking to embark upon discipleship or missionary work.

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One-off lettings to outside hirers — Mainly church hall use and the Club Room for birthdays, anniversary or other celebrations, funeral wakes, meetings and play rehearsals, subject to limitations imposed by size of the hall.

Future Community Organisations to use our new Premises

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Evangelism

Through Confirmation and the activities of other groups we have given people an opportunity to discover and grow in faith. The New Year Watch Night Service again allowed over fiftyvisitors to worship and see in the New Year with us, many of whom we only see on this occasion.Baptism Services have allowed many people who wouldn’t normally attend church to see what church is like, hear about the love of God and hopefully receive a warm welcome.

Wider relationships

The church is part of the Enfield Methodist Circuit. Six members of our church are elected by the church council to be part of its managing body, the CircuitWMeeting. Our Minister in Pastoral Charge is an Enfield Circuit Minister and leads worship in Circuit Churches on a regular pattern. We also liaise with the London District of Methodism and wider Methodist Church of Great Britain.

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Edmonton Methodist Church is part of the Faith Forum for Enfield. Ordained ministers, lay leaders from different church denominations (Methodist, Evangelical, Baptist and Pentecostal), together with Faith Leaders (Muslims and Jews) belonging to the said Forum, meet regularly on quarterly basis for breakfast meetings. During such meetings, issues related to peace-building in our local communities feature prominently on the agenda. Prayers of mutual support are also offered. We still have contact with the local Rumi Mosque. This year church members, and more visitors from other denominations again shared a Passover meal at our church.

Property and Finance

There has been a growing recognition that our existing premises are not ideally fit for purpose. The buildings are what remained after the large adjoining Central Hall was vacated in the late 1960s and subsequently demolished. The present worship area was originally a large hall, and is situated at the rear of the buildings. The other rooms and facilities are also poorly laid out. Moreover, externally, the premises present a very bleak, unwelcoming face to the community that the church is striving to serve.

The seating capacity of the church has been increased by 50 in the last twenty years by the addition of a balcony but we are already running out of space again. We have been exploring various possibilities by which we might be able to undertake the redevelopment of the present premises of the church.

Our Vision: To rebuild our historic church, formerly known as Edmonton Methodist Central Hall, to make it fit for new priorities and challenges of God’s Mission in our local community in this present age.

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Our objective is to equip the church’s new building with a number of modern facilities, in order to serve in the best possible ways, the youth, the elderly and the needy in our local community.

We continue to progress with our application for planning permission. We continue to hold meetings and updates with our team of Architects and the London Borough of Enfield Council Planners.

Fundraising events are continuing and donations towards the new building continue to flow in.

Reserves Policy

In line with the Charity Commission and Methodist guidelines, our reserves policy for the General Fund is to hold enough funds to cover at least six month's expenditure.

Volunteers

We would like to thank all those who freely give of their time and skills to make the church the pastorally caring, lively and vibrant community it is — to all with safety and safeguarding paramount. Sincere thanks also go to individuals and all the various groups and fellowships that have tirelessly raised funds for our new church building project. There were 84 volunteers during 2019/2020.

Structure, Governance and Management

The governance of a local Methodist Church such as Edmonton is set out in the Connexional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church of Great Britain. The membership of the Church Council consists of those who are members ex-officio because they are Circuit staff, church stewards, the Church Treasurer or Church Council Secretary. It also includes those appointed by the Church Council to ensure representation of the various activities of the church and those appointed by the General Church Meeting to ensure the Council is representative of the congregation. The General Church Meeting also elects the Church Stewards.

The Church Council met four times in the year. Given its wide responsibilities, the Council has a number of committees, each dealing with a particular aspect of church life. These committees, which include worship, pastoral, property and finance are all responsible to the Church Council and report back to it regularly. We seek greater inclusion and all our meetings are open to all members and friends to observe and speak at. Minutes are circulated to members and copies are accessible within the building.

Administrative information

We are to be found on Fore Street in Edmonton. We are part of the Enfield Circuit within the Methodist Church of Great Britain. The correspondence address is Edmonton Methodist

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Church, 300 Fore Street, Edmonton, London N9 OPN.Our Minister’s telephone number is 020 8884 0841. The Church Council is a registered charity, numbered 1127395.

Church Council members who served for the period of this report are:

Ex-Officio Members: Revd Dr Valentin Dedji (Chair) Revd Alan Combes (Circuit Minister - until 24/07/20) Revd Papa Owusu (Circuit Minister) Revd Julia Wiktorska (Circuit Minister) Miss Isata Jalloh (Circuit Youth and Children's Worker) Mrs Rosalind Rutty (Church Treasurer) Ms Grace Appah (Secretary, Church Council) General Church Meeting Appointments Mrs Jessie Dowuona (Church Steward) Miss Doreen Nyarko (Church Steward) Mr Nana Osei Bonsu (Church Steward) Ms Cisline Wray (Church Steward) Mrs Rosalind Rutty (Church Steward) Mr Ben Tackie (Church Steward) Mr Joseph Owusu (Church Steward) Mr Isiah Gyateng (Church Steward) Ms Alana Riley (Church Steward) Mr Joshua Selvaratnam (Church Steward — until 23/03/18) Miss Samuella Dedji (Church Steward) Miss Donna Crentsil (Church Steward) Miss Abigail Darkwa (Church Steward) Ms Gladys Agyeiwaa (Church Steward) Ms Teresa Appiah (Church Representative) Mrs Mavis Francis (Church Representative) Mrs Juliana Hammond (Church Representative) Mrs Margaret Lyth (Church Representative) Miss Helen MacMillan (Church Representative) Mrs Elvie Morgan (Church Representative - until 21/04/18) Mrs Vida Regina Nsiah-Gyasi (Church Representative) Miss Carmel Richards (Church Representative-until 14/03/18) Mrs Cecelia Ukoumunne (Church Representative) Mrs Maxine Scott (Church Representative) George Noi-Lartey (Church Representative)

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Church Council Appointments Mrs Geranium Byam (Sec, Pastoral Committee) Malcolm Lyth (Property Representative) Mr Sam Agyei (Lettings Secretary) Mrs Rebecca Darkwa-Marfo (Rep, Ghanaian Fellowship) Mr Kenneth Hargrave (Rep, Home Missions — until March 20) Mrs Norah Lord (Secretary, Methodist Women in Britain) Mr Raymond Pettipher (Local Preacher) Sean Davis (Local Preacher) Mrs Hilda Morrissey (Rep, Wesley Tours) Mrs Pat Pettipher (Rep, Worship Leaders-until 20/10/17) (Rep, Worship Leaders)

Jachin Haughton Mrs Claudia Cole (Gift Aid Secretary) Ms Cicely Thomas (Women’s Fellowship Representative) Mrs Elizabeth Quarcoopome (Communion Steward) Mrs Dod Baldwin (Oasis Representative) Miss Millie Hylton (New Members’ Secretary) Mr Emmanuel Appah (YPF Representative) Miss Ruth Aboagye (YPF Representative)

Approved by the Church Council and signed on their behalf by: Revd. Dr Valentin Dedji (PhD Cantab) \/ ) (NbPg _ 902 [

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